Problems to look over Ch9 Name Provide an appropriate response. 1) The mean IQ of statistics teachers is greater than 110. Write the null and alternative 1) hypotheses. Ho: µ = 110 Ha: µ > 110 2) The mean age of bus drivers in Chicago is 48.5 years. Write the null and alternative 2) hypotheses. Ho: µ = 48.5 Ha: µ 48.5 3) A researcher claims that 62% of voters favor gun control. Determine whether the hypothesis test for 3) this claim is left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed. Answer: B A) left-tailed B) two-tailed C) right-tailed 4) The mean age of bus drivers in Chicago is 52.5 years. Identify the type I and type II errors 4) for the hypothesis test of this claim. (Statements not values) Type I Rejecting Ho (average age of bus drivers in Chicago is 52.5 yrs) when Ho is true. Type II : Retaining Ho (average age of bus drivers in Chicago is 52.5 yrs) when Ho is false 5) The mean score for all NBA games during a particular season was less than 100 points per game. If 5) a hypothesis test is performed, how should you interpret a decision that fails to reject the null hypothesis? Answer: C A) There is sufficient evidence to reject the claim µ < 100. B) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim µ < 100. C) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim µ < 100. D) There is not sufficient evidence to reject the claim µ < 100. 6) Given H0: µ 12, for which confidence interval should you reject H0? Answer: B 6) A) (11.5, 12.5) B) (13, 16) C) (10, 13) 1
7) Suppose you are using to test the claim that µ > 14 using a P-value. You are given 7) the sample statistics n = 50, x = 14.3, and s = 1.2. Find the P-value. P- Value: 0.04166 P-Value < Sample results like those obtained show evidence in favor of Ha therefore reject Ho infavor of Ha 8) Given H0: µ = 25, Ha: µ 25, and P = 0.034. Do you reject or fail to reject H0 at the 0.01 level of 8) significance? A) fail to reject H0 B) not sufficient information to decide C) reject H0 Answer: A 9) A local school district claims that the number of school days missed by its teachers due to 9) illness is below the national average of 5. A random sample of 40 teachers provided the data below. At, test the district's claim using P-values. 0 3 6 3 3 5 4 1 3 5 7 3 1 2 3 3 2 4 1 6 2 5 2 8 3 1 2 5 4 1 1 1 2 1 5 7 5 4 9 3 Ho: µ = 5 Ha: µ < 5 Left tailed n = 40 Tobs = Equation = -4.7155 P-value = Equation = 0.0000153 Reject Ho in favor of Ha The sample results show strong evidence that the average number of days missed by teachers for illness if less than 5 days, on average 2
10) You wish to test the claim that µ > 32 at a level of significance of and are given sample 10) statistics n = 50, x = 32.3, and s = 1.2. Compute the value of the standardized test statistic. Round your answer to two decimal places. Answer: B A) 2.31 B) 1.77 C) 3.11 D) 0.98 11) Test the claim that µ 38, given that and the sample statistics are n = 35, x = 37.1 11) and s = 2.7. Ho: µ = 38 Ha: µ 38 Two tailed n = 35 Tobs = Equation = -1.97 P-value = Equation = 0.0568 The sample results show no evidence that µ is different than 38, on average 12) A manufacturer claims that the mean lifetime of its fluorescent bulbs is 1000 hours. A 12) homeowner selects 40 bulbs and finds the mean lifetime to be 980 hours with a standard deviation of 80 hours. Test the manufacturer's claim. Use. Ho: µ = 1000 Ha: µ 1000 Two tailed n = 40 Tobs = Equation = -1.58 P-value = Equation = 0.123 The sample results show no evidence that the mean lifetime of florescent bulbs is different from 1000 hours, on average. 3
13) A local group claims that the police issue at least 60 speeding tickets a day in their area. To 13) prove their point, they randomly select one month. Their research yields the number of tickets issued for each day. The data are listed below. At = 0.01, test the group's claim. 70 48 41 68 69 55 70 57 60 83 32 60 72 58 88 48 59 60 56 65 66 60 68 42 57 59 49 70 75 63 44 Ho: µ = 60 Ha: µ > 60 = 0.01 C = 90% Right tailed n = 31 Tobs = Equation = 0.177 P-value = Equation = 0.430 The sample results show no evidence that the average number of tickets issued is more than 60, on average 14) Find the standardized test statistic t for a sample with n = 25, x = 36, s = 3, and = 0.005 if 14) Ha: µ > 35. Round your answer to three decimal places. Answer: A A) 1.667 B) 1.452 C) 1.997 D) 1.239 4
15) The Metropolitan Bus Company claims that the mean waiting time for a bus during rush 15) hour is less than 10 minutes. A random sample of 20 waiting times has a mean of 8.6 minutes with a standard deviation of 2.1 minutes. At = 0.01, test the bus company's claim. Assume the distribution is normally distributed. Ho: µ = 10 Ha: µ < 10 = 0.01 C = 90% Left tailed n = 20 Tobs = Equation = -2.98 P-value = Equation = 0.0038 Reject Ho in favor of Ha The sample results show strong evidence that the average waiting time for a bus during rush hour is less than 10 minutes, on average 16) A local group claims that the police issue more than 60 speeding tickets a day in their area. 16) To prove their point, they randomly select two weeks. Their research yields the number of tickets issued for each day. The data are listed below. At = 0.01, test the group's claim. 70 48 41 68 69 55 70 57 60 83 32 60 72 58 Ho: µ = 60 Ha: µ > 60 = 0.01 C = 90% Right tailed n = 14 Tobs = Equation = 0.0597 P-value = Equation = 0.4766 The sample results show no evidence that the average number of tickets is more than 60, on average 5
17) Determine the standardized test statistic, z, to test the claim about the population proportion p = 17) ^ 0.250 given n = 48 and p = 0.231. Use = 0.01. Answer: C A) -2.87 B) -0.23 C) -0.304 D) -1.18 18) A telephone company claims that 20% of its customers have at least two telephone lines. 18) The company selects a random sample of 500 customers and finds that 88 have two or more telephone lines. If, test the company's claim using critical values and rejection regions. p = 0.2 q = 0.8 Ho: p = 2 Ha: p > 2 Right tailed n = 500 Zobs = Equation = -1.34 P-value = Equation = 0.9101 The sample results show no evidence that the customers have at least two phone lines, on average 6
19) An airline claims that the no-show rate for passengers is less than 5%. In a sample of 420 19) randomly selected reservations, 19 were no-shows. At = 0.01, test the airline's claim. Ho: p = 0.05 Ha: p < 0.05 left tailed n = 420 r = 19 Zobs = Equation = -0.448 P-value = Equation = 0327 The sample results show no evidence that the average no-show rate for passengers is less than 5%, on average 7